CHENNAI, Feb. 20 -- The All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (AIADMK), which looked vulnerable and weak till Monday sprang a surprise on Tuesday by forming a mega-alliance with the BJP and the PMK to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The BJP would contest five out of the total 39 seats at stake from Tamil Nadu, while the PMK has been allocated seven seats.

But the efforts to rope in DMDK leader Vijayakanth into the AIADMK-led front remained a non-starter as the efforts by the BJP leader Piyush Goyal who is in charge of Tamil Nadu BJP did not bear fruit despite an hour-long discussion with the former.

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